Does Climate Literacy Matter? A Case Study of U.S. Students' Level of Concern about Anthropogenic Global Warming

Autor/in	Bedford, Daniel
Titel	Does Climate Literacy Matter? A Case Study of U.S. Students' Level of Concern about Anthropogenic Global Warming
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography, 115 (2016) 5, S.187-197 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1341
DOI	10.1080/00221341.2015.1105851
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Climate; Global Approach; Student Attitudes; Attitude Change; Undergraduate Students; Student Surveys; Knowledge Level; Familiarity; Literacy; Predictor Variables; Political Affiliation; Environmental Education; Pollution + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Klima; Globales Denken; Schülerverhalten; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Schülerbefragung; Wissensbasis; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Prädiktor; Politisches Interesse; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Schadstoffbelastung
Abstract	Educators seeking to address global warming in their classrooms face numerous challenges, including the question of whether student opinions about anthropogenic global warming (AGW) can change in response to increased knowledge about the climate system. This article analyzes survey responses from 458 students at a primarily undergraduate institution in the U.S.'s intermountain West, finding increased levels of concern with increased levels of climate literacy, including among students whose political affiliation might indicate skepticism about AGW. However, overall levels of climate literacy were found to be quite low for many students, allowing other factors, notably political affiliation, to become dominant predictors of AGW concern. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01